Enesco, Georges |
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BORN 19 Sep 1881, Liveni, Botosani - DIED 5 May 1955, Paris BIRTH NAME Liiveni-Virnav, George GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 68, avenue de la Chapelle, ligne 01) |
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Georges Enescu (Enesco in French) was born In Romania. He created his first compositions when he was five years old. When he was seven years old he went to the Conservatory in Vienna, where he taught by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Robert Fuchs and Sigismund Bachrich. He gave concerts in Vienna and played work by Brahms and Mendelssohn. In 1895 he continued his studies in Paris, where he studied composition with Massenet and Fauré and violin with Marsick. In 1923 he debuted as a conductor in New York City and in 1935 he conducted his pupil Yehudi Menuhin in Paris. He conducted the New York Philharmonic in 1937-1938. In 1939 he married Maria Rossetti (also known as Princess Cantacuzino), who was a friend of Marie, the future queen of Romania. In his work his Romanian roots were always there, although he lived in France for the rest of his life and he no longer visited Romania after the Second World War. His best known works include two Romanian Rhapsodies (1901-1902) and his opera "Oedipe" (1936). Related persons • was pupil of Fauré, Gabriel • was pupil of Hellmesberger, Georg (junior) • was pupil of Marsick, Martin-Pierre • was teacher of Neveu, Ginette |
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 The grave of Georges Enesco at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (19 Nov 2006) |
Sources • Culbertson, Judi & Tom Randall, Permanent Parisians, Robson Books, London, 1991 • George Enescu - Wikipedia (EN) |
